Kenya: County Governors 'Won't Sign Nurses' Pay Deal'
Governors have said they will not approve a pay increase demanded by nurses - currently on day 10 of a nationwide strike - due to the large sum of money involved. The county bosses on Tuesday said the...
View ArticleKenya's pre-election jitters
Burning issue: Opposition supporters set up a barricade in Kibera, Nairobi, in May last year, protesting for a change of leadership ahead of this year's election in August. Since 2008, three letters...
View ArticleTradition and Innovation at Madaraka 2017, Seattle's Celebration of African...
In Kenya, June 1 is Madaraka Day, which commemorates the day the country won internal self-rule from Britain-Madaraka being Swahili for the authority to make decisions. In Seattle, the 4th Annual...
View ArticleUganda: Museveni Launches Water Transport for Fuel On Lake Victoria
In the next two years, the fuel pump prices will substantially come down if the $94m water transport project launched by President Museveni on Friday becomes a reality. President Museveni, while...
View ArticleTelkom expands newly launched 4G network to 19 more towns
Telkom Kenya, the fixed and mobile operator which was sold by Orange Group to private equity firm Helios Investment Partners in June 2016, has expanded its recently launched network to a further 19...
View ArticleKenya: There is A Plot to Rig August Election - Opposition Leader
A fresh battle front between the National Super Alliance and Jubilee Party was opened on Tuesday after the main opposition flag bearer, Raila Odinga, dragged the military into an alleged government...
View ArticleKenya: Uchumi Signs Pay Deal With Staff to End Biting Go-Slow
Uchumi Supermarkets has signed a return-to-work formula with its workers following a strike over non-payment of the May and June salaries, which paralysed the retail chain's operations. The deal signed...
View ArticleKenya: New Airline Turns Heat on Nairobi-Kisumu Carriers
A start-up airline is set to launch its maiden flight on the Nairobi-Kisumu route Thursday, stepping up competition for established carriers such as Jambojet, Kenya Airways and Fly540 who operate on...
View ArticleKenya commits to SGR reaching Malaba
Kampala. The construction of the Ugandan stretch of the Standard Gauge Railway has been the subject of speculation with talk implying that Kenya will only stop in Kisumu.
View ArticleFree-to-air TV channels reduce to 60
The number of free-to-air television channels on the digital terrestrial platform has reduced to 60 down from 66 as at end of December last year. This map by the communications authority indicates...
View ArticleIsiolo International Airport ready for use
The project which was commissioned by the Retired President, His Excellency Mwai Kibaki in 2013, has 1.4 Kilometers runway for Code C air crafts. Kenya Airport Authority Managing Director, Johnny...
View ArticleSchoolgirls to fly to Google HQ after inventing app to end Female Genital...
Animated chatter spills out from a corner of tech giant Google's Nairobi offices as five Kenyan schoolgirls discuss their upcoming trip to California where they hope to win $15,000 for I-cut, an app to...
View ArticleUganda: Museveni Approves U.S.$2.9b Loan for Malaba-Kampala Railway
President Yoweri Museveni has approved the borrowing of Ush10.3 trillion for the construction of the standard gauge railway from the Malaba border with Kenya to Kampala in the clearest signal yet that...
View ArticleKenya: Nurses' Strike Hits Fight Against Cholera
Efforts to curb Kenya's latest cholera outbreak have been hampered by a nurses' strike that enters its 54th day Wednesday, putting the lives of hundreds of patients at great risk. And, while the...
View ArticleKenya: Teachers' July Salaries Will Be Paid On Time - Commission
Teachers have been assured that their July salaries will be paid on time, following claims that the money will be withheld until after the August 8 elections. The Teachers Service Commission head of...
View ArticleKenya: Top Politicians Lose Land in Title Deed Cleanup
National Super Alliance co-principal Musalia Mudavadi and independent presidential candidate Joseph Nyagah are among hundreds of Kenyans who have lost thousands of acres whose title deeds have been...
View ArticleKenya Aug 8 Elections: Pres Kenyatta Confident Of Winning With 'Overwhelming...
President Uhuru Kenyatta said he is confident of winning the Aug 8 polls with an overwhelming majority because he enjoys more support than he did in 2013 when he defeated his rival with more than...
View ArticleKenya: EABL to Finance Sh15 Billion Kisumu Plant Through Borrowing
The East African Breweries Limited is planning to use debt to finance the Sh15 billion state-of-the-art brewery in Kisumu for its Senator Keg. "We are now in talks with local banks to see them fund the...
View ArticleKenya: Nakumatt Employees Protest Over Unpaid Six-Month Salaries
The workers say that they have been forced to live miserable lives, while others being kicked out of their rented houses for failing to pay rent arrears. "We are leading an awkward life as a result of...
View ArticleFeature: Kenyan teenage girls develop mobile app to fight female genital cut
Five girls from the western Kenyan city of Kisumu have developed a mobile application that is set to revolutionize the war against Female Genital Mutilation widely practiced in the country. The slick...
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